Nonsense. There is a “distinction with difference” here. He was stopping a fleeing criminal. Period. It wasn’t HIS fault the guy ran between the fence and the perp’s own car.
He stated he accidentally hit the gas. Truthfully, I don’t think there is a chance in hell Reid is going to be charged with anything.
It’s very OBVIOUS the guy died accidentally.
Even so, the guy was BREAKING the law, stealing, trespassing, and who knows what else? Who is to say he didn’t have a weapon on him? Not me, not you. No one has said yet. Whether he did or didn’t *I* am going to assume someone with the balls to enter my property to take something is ARMED. He’d better be.
The question would be whether he could see, or reasonably foresee, that the guy was between the cr and the fence when he rammed it.
He stated he accidentally hit the gas. Truthfully, I don’t think there is a chance in hell Reid is going to be charged with anything.
Agree. Unless there's something we don't know -- for example, if Reid was yelling to his buddies at a bar the week before that he was going to run down the next guy who robbed his place -- I agree it's highly unlikely he'll be prosecuted. There's enough reasonable doubt that I don't see a chance of a conviction, and DAs don't like to waste their time.
It's possible Reid could plead guilty to some misdemeanor with a suspended sentence just so both sides can make the case go away.
It’s very OBVIOUS the guy died accidentally.
It looks that way to us armchair quarterbacks based on one news story. How it looks to the law is another matter.
Even so, the guy was BREAKING the law, stealing, trespassing, and who knows what else? Who is to say he didn’t have a weapon on him? Not me, not you. No one has said yet. Whether he did or didn’t *I* am going to assume someone with the balls to enter my property to take something is ARMED. He’d better be.
Again, what you assume isn't necessarily what you're legally entitled to assume and act on.